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Prior to his appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of
the H-REIT Manager and HBT Trustee-Manager, he was
the President of Millennium & Copthorne International
Limited, Asia Pacific from 2003 to July 2006, responsible
for overseeing the hotel operations in Asia Pacific and
the corporate office in Singapore. Prior to that, he
held the position of Chief Operating Officer from 2001
to 2003. Mr Yeo served as Chief Executive Officer of
City e-Solutions Limited until November 2008 and as
an Executive Director until April 2009. He is currently
a Non-Executive Director of CDL Investments New
Zealand Limited.
Between 1998 and 2000, he was an Executive Director
of M&C based in London overseeing global sales and
marketing. Between 1993 and 1998, he was the Executive
Director and then the Managing Director of Millennium
& Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited where he
developed and integrated the largest chain of hotels in
New Zealand.
Since 1998, Mr Yeo has been a Non-Executive Director
of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand
Limited until stepping down from the position on
31 December 2015.
Mr Yeo graduated Summa Cum Laude and the top of his
faculty in 1988 from Boston University with a Bachelor
of Science in Business Administration (Major in Finance).
JENNY LIM YIN NEE, 63
Ms Jenny Lim Yin Nee was appointed an Independent
Non-Executive Director of the H-REIT Manager and the
HBT Trustee-Manager on 22 May 2006.
She is the Lead Independent Director and the Chairman
of the Audit and Risk Committees of the H-REIT Manager
and the HBT Trustee-Manager. Ms Lim was previously
the Chairman of the Audit Committees and a member
of the Risk Management Committees of both the H-REIT
Manager and the HBT Trustee-Manager until both
committees were dissolved on 29 December 2015.
Ms Lim was a partner of one of the top four accounting
firms and retired on 31 December 2001 to devote her
time as a volunteer of a charitable organisation. She was
the Head of the Firm’s Tax Practice and a member of the
Firm’s International Tax Committee. She remained as an
Advisor to the Firm until 31 January 2004.
Ms Lim started her career in audit and subsequently,
specialised in taxation. She has substantial experience
in corporate advisory, corporate reorganisations and
mergers and acquisitions and has led regional and global
projects across a wide spectrum of industries.
Ms Lim is a retired fellow member of the Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom.
She was previously an adjunct professor with the
Singapore Management University, a facilitator with
the Tax Academy of Singapore and a board member of
Raffles Institution. Presently, Ms Lim is the President of
Viriya Community Services, a charitable organisation.
RONALD SEAH LIM SIANG, 69
Mr Ronald Seah Lim Siang was appointed an Independent
Non-Executive Director of the H-REIT Manager and HBT
Trustee-Manager on 21 October 2013. He is currently
the Chairman of the Nominating and Remuneration
Committees and a member of the Audit and
Risk Committees of the H-REIT Manager and the HBT
Trustee-Manager. Mr Seah was previously the Chairman
of the Risk Management Committees and a member of
the Audit Committees of both the H-REIT Manager and
the HBT Trustee-Manager until both committees were
dissolved on 29 December 2015.
Mr Seah sits on the board of directors of other listed
companies, namely, Yanlord Land Group Limited, Global
Investments Limited, PGG Wrightson Limited and
Telechoice International Limited. Mr Seah is also the
Chairman of Nucleus Connect Private Ltd.
Over a 25-year period between 1980 and 2005,
Mr Seah had held various senior positions within the
AIG Group in Singapore, initially as AIA Singapore’s
Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer managing
the investment portfolio of AIA Singapore and later as
AIG Global Investment Corporation (Singapore) Ltd’s
Vice-President of Direct Investments. Between 2001
and 2005, Mr Seah was also the Chairman of the Board
of AIG Global Investment Corporation (Singapore) Ltd.
From 1978 to 1980, Mr Seah managed the investment
portfolio of Post Office Savings Bank as Deputy Head
of the Investment and Credit Department. Prior to that,
he worked at Singapore Nomura Merchant Bank as an
Assistant Manager with responsibilities covering the
sale of bonds and securities and offshore (ACU) loan
administration for the bank. Between 2002 and 2003,
Mr Seah served on the panel of experts of the Commercial
Affairs Department of Singapore.
Mr Seah graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Social
Sciences (Second Class Upper in Economics) from the
then University of Singapore in 1975.
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